Opinion
2012-06-6
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Steven PITTS, appellant.
Steven Pitts, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Avshalom Yotam of counsel), for respondent.
Steven Pitts, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se. Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Avshalom Yotam of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this Court dated June 7, 2011 ( People v. Pitts, 85 A.D.3d 823, 2011 WL 2298726), affirming a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County, imposed June 2, 2010.
ORDERED that the application is denied.
The appellant has failed to establish that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel ( see Jones v. Barnes, 463 U.S. 745, 103 S.Ct. 3308, 77 L.Ed.2d 987;People v. Stultz, 2 N.Y.3d 277, 778 N.Y.S.2d 431, 810 N.E.2d 883).